Tales from an uncertain world : what other assorted disasters can teach us about climate change /

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"So far, humanity hasn't done very well in addressing the ongoing climate catastrophe. Veteran science educator L.S. Gardiner believes we can learn to do better by understanding how we've dealt with other types of environmental risks in the past and why we are dragging our feet in add...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gardiner, L. S., 1973- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Iowa City : University Of Iowa Press, [2018]
Sujets:
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on.
Emergency management.
Climat > Changements > Effets de l'homme sur.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on
Emergency management
Electronic books.
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Table des matières:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. In Uncertain Terms; 2. When Sands Shift; 3. When Ground Shakes; 4. When Fish Invade; 5. On the Dry Side of the Glass; 6 Ashes to Ashes; 7. We Are Not Waterproof; 8. Reply Hazy. Try Again; 9. Space-AgeImprobable Possibilities; Epilogue: Reaction Time; Postscript: Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of This Book; In Case of Emergency; Further Reading; Index.

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